Harry Millington

Harold Millington (24 April 1875 – 25 October 1951) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Parliament of Western Australia for over 25 years, serving in the Legislative Council (1914–1920) and Legislative Assembly (1924–1947). A long-serving minister in the governments of Philip Collier and John Willcock, he held a succession of portfolios including agriculture, police, education, public works, and water supplies, and served as Deputy Premier under Willcock from 1939 to 1943.

Early life and union career Millington was born in Gawler, South Australia, the son of John Francis Millington, a farmer originally from Launceston, Tasmania, and his wife Rebecca (née Goodyear). He moved to Western Australia in 1894 during the gold rush, initially working on the eastern goldfields during the rush to the Wealth of Nations mine near Coolgardie.

Legislative Assembly and ministry (1924–1947) Millington contested and won the inner metropolitan electorate of Leederville at the 1924 election. He held both portfolios until the Collier government's defeat in April 1930.

His Leederville electorate was divided in a redistribution in 1930, and Millington contested and won the new seat of Mount Hawthorn. After Labor's landslide victory at the 1933 election, Millington returned to cabinet under the Second Collier Ministry, serving as Minister for Agriculture, Police, and the North-West from 1933 to 1935. He served out his final term on the backbench before retiring at the 1947 election.

Later life After leaving parliament, Millington served as chairman of stewards of the Western Australian Trotting Association from 1947 to 1949. He was also a director of the People's Printing and Publishing Company, the publisher of the Westralian Worker.

His first wife Ethel died in 1942. On 12 January 1944, he married Mabel Grace Loane (née Baker).

Millington died at St John of God Subiaco Hospital on 25 October 1951, four days after being admitted for heart problems. He was survived by his widow, his three sons, and a stepdaughter. He was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery.